Previous Presenters and Topics
Dynamic Compression Summer School
Previous Summer School Presenters
Jon Belof
Group Leader & ASC/PEM Program Lead
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: Material Kinetics at Extreme Conditions
Lorin Benedict
Staff Scientist, Deputy Group Leader of Equation of State and Materials Theory Group
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: Fundamentals of Matter at Extreme Conditions
Daniel Casem
Research Scientist
Army Research Laboratory
Topic: Dynamic Compression Science: an Army Research Laboratory Perspective
Ellen Cerreta
Deputy Division Leader, Explosive Science & Shock Physics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topic: Dynamic Compression Science: a Los Alamos National Laboratory Perspective
Michael Desjarlais
Senior Scientist
Sandia National Laboratories
Topic: First-Principles Theory to Study Matter at Extremes
Thomas Duffy
Professor, Department of Geosciences
Princeton University
Topic: Shock Compression of Geological Materials: Impact Cratering, Planetary Formation, and High Pressure Phase Transitions
Rusty Gray
Laboratory Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topic: Influence of Microstructure on the Shock and Spallation Response of Metals and Alloys
Yogendra Gupta
Regents Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Director and Creighton Distinguished Professor, Institute for Shock Physics
Washington State University
Topic: Introduction to Dynamic Compression Science
More information about Dr. Gupta can be found here.
Mark Herrmann
Director, National Ignition Facility
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: Dynamic Compression Science: a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Perspective
Brian Jensen
Physicist / Team leader, Shock and Detonation Physics Group
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topic: Exploring Materials at the Extreme: 70 Years of Dynamic Compression Diagnostics
Marcus Knudson
Professor and Associate Director, Institute for Shock Physics
Washington State University
Topic: Taking Materials to the Extreme: 70 Years of Dynamic Compression Drivers
More information about Dr. Knudson can be found here.
Mukul Kumar
Staff Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Topic: Microstructure, Topology, Geometry, and Architecture under Dynamic Compression
Dennis Mills
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Topic: Introduction to X-ray Measurements
David Moore
Laboratory Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topic: Dynamic Compression Induced Chemistry
G. Ravichandran
Professor, Mechanics of Materials Group
California Institute of Technology
Topic: Mechanics and Engineering Applications of Dynamic Compression
Evan Reed
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Stanford University
Topic: Ride the Shock Wave: How an Atom Experiences a Shock Wave Revealed by Atomistic Simulations
Paulo Rigg
Manager, Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS)
Washington State University
Topic: DCS Capabilities: Drivers and Detectors
More information about Paulo Rigg can be found here.
Daniel Sinars
Senior Manager
Sandia National Laboratories
Topic: Dynamic Compression Science: a Sandia National Laboratories Perspective
Stephen Streiffer
Director, Advanced Photon Source and Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences
Argonne National Laboratory
Topic: Advanced Photon Source Overview
Sally Tracy
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Geosciences
Princeton University
Topic: Phase Transitions Under Dynamic Compression